As my last post stated we woke up to snow on Sunday, which was then followed by an ice storm Sunday night resulting in school being canceled on Monday. Then on Tuesday morning we woke up to discover there was no school again because another snow storm was coming in that morning. Thankfully Mae had school today because it was the day of her big Christmas concert for her preschool. Here are photos of how we have been spending the last few days. Don't be fooled though, we have been watching quite a few hours of TV around this house.
So on Monday with nothing to do but get on each other's nerves, I decided we needed to get out of the house and we were going to go visit Santa. My hope was that there wasn't going to be a long line even though everyone was off school because most people would be deterred by the ice. I was correct and there was only one other person in line when we got there. It was a great visit - meaning neither kid cried or was scared - and Mae and Whit got a lot of time to talk to Santa. He asked the kids what they wanted and Whit responded with a "race car." And Mae responded with "the princess ultimate dream castle" and a "Sleeping Beauty doll" and the Frozen dolls." I was pleased that they weren't all greedy asking for a bunch of things. They chatted with Santa about whether the had been good and if they listened to their parents. They responded by saying "most of the time." I wish it could be "all the time" but thankfully they didn't lie.
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| Meeting Santa. Prior to seeing him Mae exclaimed, "that she was a little scared of Santa." To which, I told her, "You aren't scared of anything and anyways Santa has to be the nicest person on the ENTIRE planet because he brings toys to all the kids in the world." This turned her around to talking to him. |
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| Official photo with Santa. |
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Mae has asked for a Sleeping Beauty doll this year since she has all of the Disney princesses but her. To further emphasize her point that she needed her, she brought all her princesses with her to tell Santa they would like Aurora to join them.
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As mentioned the kids didn't have school again on Tuesday. If you asked me they could have totally gone to school. It was not bad all. We took advantage of it and headed out to play in it. The only problem being I don't have a complete set of snow clothes for both the kids. I only have one good pair of pants, one good pair of gloves, and one good pair of boots. I was worried how long they would last without proper attire. Oh we also didn't have a sled. However, when we showed up someone was leaving and we asked to borrow theirs and told them we would return it to their house. So the kids took some turns down the hill and then we played in the field. We were out for about an hour and half, which by that time Mae started complaining about being cold. In fairness she didn't have proper boots or gloves and since my feet were freezing I know hers were too.
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| Whit loves putting on makeup. Here is getting ready to just hang out in the house. |
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| After applying he loves checking himself out. |
Today was Mae's preschool Christmas concert. Holy cow was it cute. She has been singing the songs off and on for the better part of the last month so it was great to hear all the kids sing [yell] them. You can't tell from this photo but Mae is on the bottom in a white dress with black polka dots.
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| My dad with Whitaker at the concert. In order for Whit to get through the concert we had to give him two lollipops and about 4 sticks of gum. He also had a donut before the performance and after. |
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| Mae walking out of the gym after the concert was over. We were all so proud! |
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